Rand Paul Wants Edward Snowden Thrown in Jail

01-05-2014 • Economicpolicyjournal.com

What has to be realized about Rand is that he is one slippery dude when it comes to words. Unless he is nailed very directly, he will provide nuanced answers that even careful observers such as Raimondo can miss the point of. Fortunately, he got nailed this morning on his true position on Snowden. He wants jail time for him. Newsmax reports: In a wide-ranging interview Sunday on ABC's "This Week," Paul defended a statement he has taken heat over: that Snowden and National Intelligence Director James Clapper should "share a prison cell."[...] Snowden doesn't deserve a life sentence or death penalty, Paul said, because courts have ruled that his revelations show the intelligence community committing illegal acts. Paul added, however, that Snowden should get "a few years in prison" because it is not OK to leak state secrets.